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Minimal Motoring: From Cyclecar to Microcar
David Thirlby
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Description for Minimal Motoring: From Cyclecar to Microcar
Paperback. From about 1910 to the mid-1920s, the cyclecar was a popular means of transport. Cheap, simply engineered, often crude, it was really just a motorcycle engine with a lightweight chassis and body (the cyclecar/microcar often being the product of cycle and motorcycle technology). Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations (colour and b&w) facsimiles (colour and b&w), portraits. BIC Classification: WGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 460.
From about 1910 to the mid-1920s, the cyclecar was a popular means of transport. Cheap, simply engineered, often crude, it was really just a motorcycle engine with a lightweight chassis and body (the cyclecar/microcar often being the product of cycle and motorcycle technology). It created, however, a new market of people who could now afford a motor car; it was no longer the perserve of the well to do. The simplicity of the cars meant that they could easily be built in small quantities and this led to a growth in the number of motor manufacturers. Some, who graduated to ... Read more
From about 1910 to the mid-1920s, the cyclecar was a popular means of transport. Cheap, simply engineered, often crude, it was really just a motorcycle engine with a lightweight chassis and body (the cyclecar/microcar often being the product of cycle and motorcycle technology). It created, however, a new market of people who could now afford a motor car; it was no longer the perserve of the well to do. The simplicity of the cars meant that they could easily be built in small quantities and this led to a growth in the number of motor manufacturers. Some, who graduated to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752423678
SKU
V9780752423678
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99-5
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